The Malta Independent 26 April 2024, Friday
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AFM carry three migrants to hospital after request for assistance

Sunday, 28 May 2017, 12:52 Last update: about 8 years ago

Following a request for assistance issued by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Rome, the AFM dispatched an AW 139 helicopter to evacuate two women and a man who needed urgent medical assistance off an EUNAVFORMED vessel. 

The migrants were finally transferred to hospital by ambulance.

 


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